Semi-autonomous and autonomous machines and robots can become moral machines using annotated decision trees containing ethical assumptions or justifications for interactions with animals.

A fairly young and dynamic discipline, the study of machine ethics is geared towards humans. However, now the field is being pushed towards animals to protect them from harm since they cannot make ...

CHICAGO -- The cyborg aims for the light and wheels forward. Another light flashes and the cyborg turns. Again and again, like a bull in a ring, the cyborg charges, sometimes veering right, sometimes ...

In the words of Mahatma Gandhi, “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” By that metric, America (and every other nation that gorges itself ...

“Animals, on the other hand, can use their bodies to act upon the world and perceive that world—--often better than people—--but can’t reason.” Animals can’t reason? Hasn’t this been disproven for ...

Installation view of ‘Paola Pivi: Ma’am’ at Dallas Contemporary (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) DALLAS, Tex. — In 2007, Italian artist Paola Pivi brazenly preempted her audience’s ...

The lifesaving breathing machines can just as easily be used on humans. The nation's hospitals, facing dire shortages of lifesaving ventilators as the coronavirus outbreak continues, are finding help ...

Semi-autonomous and autonomous machines and robots can become moral machines using annotated decision trees containing ethical assumptions or justifications for interactions with animals. Machine ...

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